§ Mr. W. GRAHAMasked (1) the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will state definitely the age from which Mr. W. R. Crawley, established warehouseman in the Stamp Section, General Poet Office, is entitled to count for superannuation purposes the unestablished portion of his service under the Inland Revenue Department; whether he will give instructions that, to allay uneasiness, each of the established non-clerical officers of the Stamp Section who were compulsorily transferred from the Inland Revenue Department to the General Post Office in 1914 shall be furnished with a statement as to the age from which their unestablished service will be reckoned for superannuation purposes;
(2) the Postmaster-General why, if the question of superannuation so far as it affects the Stamp Section of the Post Office has not yet been actually settled, one officer has already been officially notified that his unestablished service will not count from the age of 16: whether he is aware that in March, 1915, the then Assistant Postmaster-General informed the representatives of the staff concerned that the, Treasury had been approached, and had agreed to recognise their claims: and whether he will now state the exact terms of this agreement referred to on that occasion by the said Assistant Postmaster-General?
§ Mr. PEASEMr. Crawley's case has not yet been submitted to the Treasury, and1244W no decision has been arrived at as regards the commencement of his pensionable service. The notification made to Mr. Crawley on the subject was premature. The undertaking given in 1915 was simply to the effect that the pension rights of the staff of the stamp section would not be affected by their transfer to the Post Office. This undertaking still stands.